Farmers' knowledge and perceptions of pests in agroforestry with particular reference to Alnus species in Kabale district, Uganda

Crop Protection

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 929-941

  Nyeko, P ^a   Edwards Jones, G ^b   Day, R K ^c   Raussen, T ^d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CAB International   (Kenya)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Alnus; Farmer knowledge; Pest management; Pests

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; PEST CONTROL;

UGANDA;

ALNUS; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0036894863     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(02)00068-6     Document Type: Article

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